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Masterworks of the Jewish Museum / Maurice Berger and Joan Rosenbaum with entries by Vivian B. Mann, Norman L. Kleeblatt, and the staff of the Jewish Museum.

Title
Masterworks of the Jewish Museum / Maurice Berger and Joan Rosenbaum with entries by Vivian B. Mann, Norman L. Kleeblatt, and the staff of the Jewish Museum.
Author
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Publication
New York : Jewish Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Berger, Maurice, 1956-2020
  • Rosenbaum, Joan
  • Mann, Vivian B.
  • Kleeblatt, Norman L.
Description
253 p. : ill. (some col.); 30 cm.
Summary
"Masterworks of The Jewish Museum begins with two complementary essays: a lively overview of the museum's history by Joan Rosenbaum, documenting the evolution of the collection and the key figures who founded the institution; and a provocative discussion by Maurice Berger of the museum's significance within the context of collecting and exhibiting practices over the past century. The book features a range of artworks grouped thematically into four categories: memory and history; spirituality and faith; society and politics; and portraiture and identity. Each work is accompanied by a short essay providing description and interpretation. Together the reproductions and informative text reveal how Jewish culture has evolved through the centuries and across continents."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
  • Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) > History
  • Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) > Catalogs
  • Jewish art
  • Jewish art and symbolism
  • Judaism > Liturgical objects
  • Jewish art > Catalogs
  • Art > New York (State) > New York > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-248) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Joan Rosenbaum -- The Jewish museum and its history / Joan Rosenbaum -- Museum without walls / Maurice Berger -- The collection of the Jewish Museum -- Memory and history -- Spirituality and faith -- Society and politics -- Portraiture and identity.
ISBN
0300102925
LCCN
^^2004101791
OCLC
  • 57531853
  • SCSB-10228286
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library